Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much to our witnesses. Thank you to you and your teams for providing this necessary humanitarian work across the globe. I can only imagine what your organization and the people who are employed there or volunteer there go through to get to that.
This is the second day of our hearings on this bill. We heard that the bill is crucial to provide humanitarian aid in Afghanistan. Of course, as you've said, it's not simply Afghanistan; it could be anywhere, many other places around the globe.
We also heard from government officials and others that there is a balance that needs to be struck here. In law and in reality and life, it's always very difficult to strike balances. It's always something that you attempt to do, I suppose.
Ms. West, you have extensive experience in Afghanistan in what you've done personally. Can you talk to us a little more about the security considerations? How would you factor those in with respect to the provision of foreign aid?